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This section provides links to current wildlife health information and resources using a number of different categories and areas of interest. News, resources and information focus on Australia but also include information from overseas. We hope this assists everyone finding out more about wildlife health topics of interest.

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A note about archived postings: Wildlife Health Australia migrated all of the postings from the "Bulletin Board" on our previous website into this new "Resources" web page. Please note these posting are in the process of being removed or updated by WHA staff, postings dated prior to 2010 may be out of date and have expired URLs.

The Conservation Fund supports conservation efforts in the wild. Zoo staff established the Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund in 2000 to support conservation efforts in the wild, in New Zealand and overseas. Funds are raised from visitor admissions and donations. Find out more here >>

University of Birmingham

A condition first described in New Zealand by Castro and Taylor (2001) was called an “oral fistula” in which the skin and muscle of the lower mandible were missing in some birds; the tongue was protruding through the opening and it was often outside the mouth cavity permanently.
It is suspected that there are many more birds living with this condition than have already been detected.
If you have seen this condition in birds that you have handled, ringed/banded, observed and/or photographed, the University of Birmingham is very keen to hear from you.
Click here>> for more information.

Update

Zika virus is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes. It first appeared in 1947 in Africa, originating from non human primates. In humans it has caused sporadic disease in tropical areas inhabited by the mosquito vector (Aedes aegypti). In recent times, outbreaks of the disease have been seen in the Pacific and now in Brazil and other countries of South America. In humans, most infections are asymptomatic but around 20% of people may develop mild and short lived clinical signs. Recently Zika virus infection in humans has been linked to auto-immune disease and microcephaly in babies. Only a handful of imported cases have been reported in humans in Australia, although the vector mosquito occurs in parts of Queensland. There is no evidence that Australian wildlife are involved in the epidemiology of Zika virus. For more information see the following links:

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

“The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is placing online its publication World Animal Health, a unique compilation of information on the world situation relating to animal diseases, including those transmissible to humans, available to all and updated on a daily basis….” Find out more here >>

Australasian Bat Society

“The Australasian Bat Society, Inc. has decided that it is important to maintain an up-to-date taxonomic list of Australian bats. The list will be updated periodically when taxonomic changes are published or if new Australian records are found. It can be confusing to decide which name to use, and we hope this list addresses that deficiency, and the confusion that may stem from having different names in different authoritative texts. The list also indicates those taxa that are either known to require revision or that are being currently worked on….”
To download the list and read more about how to use it, go to the ABS websiteor use aninteractive map version >>.

Now online

HBW Alive is an online comprehensive resource for all the birds of the world. It contains the contents of the acclaimed 17-volume Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) series. This ‘live’ website updates taxonomy as it changes. Find out more here >> including how to subscribe.

Brussels: Presentation from the 5th May 2015 now online

The European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety with the cooperation of the Directorate General for Environment organised a one-day conference in Brussels on 5 May 2015, with the focus on Wildlife and the issues of animal health, welfare, environment and species protection.

The conference was aimed at the authorities of Member States, international organisations, scientists, industry stakeholders and NGOs.
The main challenges discussed at the conference were:

Disease control at the wildlife-livestock interface

Protection of biodiversity and prevention and control of transmissible animal diseases

The webstream of the conference will be viewable for two years after the conference date.

US Geological Survey - National Wildlife Health Center

National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) produces quarterly mortality reports, containing information about wildlife mortality events throughout the United States and on occasion across North America.
USGS National Wildlife Health Center Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report for October 2014 to December 2014 is now online.